Scotland Qualify For FIFA Women's World Cup 2019

Amazing news for women's football - Scotland qualifies for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019!

The Scotland Women's National Football Team has taken success to a new level - they have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 in France! This is a first in their history and a first under Head Coach, Shelley Kerr's leadership.

Scotland faced Albania in the qualifying match. The final score was Albania 1 - Scotland 2. However they knew before the match that would need to better Switzerland’s result away to Poland to qualify automatically, while a play-off spot would be secured should they draw.

Despite some missed opportunities, Scotland Women's National Football Team played amazingly well with a great result. Once they discovered that Switzerland did not beat Poland, they knew that they were going to be heading to France and it was celebration time!

This is an amazing achievement for the team. Hopefully this will help grow the women's game and also proves to be an inspiration for our young girls as well.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who is also the Women's National Team Patron stated on twitter...